NEW DELHI: Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reported the terrorists who attacked the Military camp in Jammu‘s Sunjuwan experienced handlers across the border and asserted that Pakistan will “pay for this misadventure”.

Addressing a push convention soon just after conference with Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti, Sitharaman reported the terrorists belonged to a Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) module and potentially experienced assistance from some locals as nicely.

“Terrorists belonged to JeM, sponsored by Masood Azhar residing in Pakistan and deriving assistance from therein. There is possibilty that they liked nearby assistance, although they were managed by their handlers from across the border,” Sitharaman reported.

6 folks, which includes 5 soldiers and a civilian, were killed and 10 other individuals were hurt all through the terror assault.

Three terrorists of the JeM outfit, donning army fatigues, were gunned down all through the counter-procedure.

The defence minister reported there were reports of four terrorists, but investigators surmised that the fourth ought to have been a guidebook and may well not have entered the Camp area.

Sitharaman reported Pakistan was increasing the arc of terror outside of the Pir Panjal variety and resorting to ceasefire violations to abet infiltration of terrorists into the Indian side of the border. She certain that the federal government will go on to thwart Pakistan sponsored terror and a counter-terrorism strategy has by now been put into action.

“Supplying the evidences to Pakistan will be a steady system. It will have to be proved above and above yet again that they are dependable. Pakistan will have to pay for this misadventure,” she reported.